What comes after you kill the NSO?

Scrapping an unfavourable survey on falling consumer expenditure is the latest assault on India’s statistical machinery. If it continues on this path, where will the government go to find credible data for policymaking?

November 25, 201914 min
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What comes after you kill the NSO?

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